Just Released: Helping Low-Income Students Graduate

Colleges have made strides in recruiting and enrolling low-income students. But the work doesn’t end there. Today’s colleges are tasked with supporting students with complex, diverse backgrounds through graduation and beyond, preparing them for employment or further education.

That support is sorely needed: While almost four out of five Americans from high-income families earn a bachelor’s degree by age 24, less than one out of 10 low-income Americans do. 

This latest Chronicle report, Helping Low-Income Students Graduate, examines six approaches to meeting students’ needs. Through examples and interviews, you’ll explore strategies for building and sustaining initiatives that expand educational pathways. 

Inside the new report, you’ll hear from administrators who draw from their own experiences as first-generation, low-income students, as well as from a dozen graduates of completion programs about what resonated with and worked for them. 

Order this new report to learn:

• How colleges have adapted programs to fit regional industry needs and student demographics.

• Ways institutions use data to identify students with the most urgent needs and the resources in highest demand.

• The role of advisers, mentors, and “near peers” in individualized support.

• Why political pressure has created hurdles for some targeted support efforts.